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Obama Wants More NATO Troops In Afghanistan

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Dec. 2, 2009
In Europe, political leaders had been waiting for President Obama's Afghan war strategy speech. Obama did not specifically mention a number of troops that he wants to see contributed from NATO allies, but he did say he has asked for contributions. The president said "we must come together to...
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